List of Accounts in the Tannery Ledger of Jacob Post, Sr. of Fleming, Cayuga Co., New York

The Tannery Ledger

Jacob Post, Sr. settled with his father, Christopher Willemsz. Post, on the western shore of Owasco Lake in 1796 on Lot 91. The area was part of the Town of Aurelius until 1823 when it was taken off as the Town of Fleming. Jacob is known to have operated a tannery, and by some accounts a grain mill, on present-day Stone School Road. When the tannery began operation is not known; however, tannery accounts between 1811 and about 1820 are documented in a ledger book. The book continued in use beyond 1820 on a less regular basis, perhaps because of declining tannery business.

The Ledger and Dr. Jacob Bogart

Jacob Post, Sr. had a ledger book prepared for his tannery on 7 November 1811 by Jacob Bogart. It is worth noting that Jacob Bogart, the scribe whose fine hand who prepared the tannery ledger book, was actually a Physician who had settled near the foot of Owasco Lake by 1800, as shown by the Aurelius census of that year. Jacob was licensed to practice in 1802. In 1807, Dr. Bogart was among the subscribers to the Building Fund for The Meeting House of the United Congregation of the Reformed Low Dutch Church at the Owasco Outlet, the church later commonly known as Sand Beach Church. Jacob Post, Sr. also subscribed to this fund. Dr. Bogart and Jacob Post, Sr. did not live more than a few miles apart, were members of the same congregation, and were 2nd cousins 1x removed. They must have been very well known to each other.

An interesting aside is the fact that Dr. Jacob Bogart's 2nd great-grandson was the screen actor Humphrey DeForest "Bogie" Bogart, giving Bogie deep roots in the vicinity of Owasco Lake.

Ledger Title Page Image

The tannery ledger begins with a Title Page giving the book's ownership, date made, and maker's name. Over time, some indistinct and cryptic numbers and words also were inscribed on the page.

Title Page of Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger prepared by Dr. Jacob Bogart on 7 November 1811

Tannery Ledger Contents/Index Images

The book thus prepared by Dr. Bogart contained initial pages divided and headed by the letters of the alphabet. In these spaces, Jacob Post, Sr. entered the names of his clients in alphabetical order. Each client, in a column at the right of the page, was assigned the page number in the ledger where their account appeared. These pages thus constituted an index to account locations elsewhere in the ledger. The following images show the Contents/Index pages of  Jacob Post, Sr.'s tannery accounts ledger.

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index A-B

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index C-D

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index E-G

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index H-I

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index K-M

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index N-P

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index Q-T

Jacob Post, Sr.'s Tannery Accounts Ledger Contents/Index V-Y

List of Names Appearing in the Tannery Ledger Contents/Index

Sixty-seven names appear in the Contents/Index of Jacob Post, Sr.'s tannery ledger shown in the above images. Several names are repeated but may, or may not, be separate individuals. Some of the names are spelled phonetically. In these cases, or in the case of variant spellings in use at the time, I have given standardized spellings. Many other names, not listed in the Contents/Index, appear within the ledger or on loose notes and documents stored within the ledger. I will discuss all of the names found in the Contents/Index and loose papers, to the extent known, in later posts.

Transcribed Name	Standardized Name	Page
Amerman, Garret		20
Brokaw, John		25
Bogart, Jacob		32
Baker, John		39
Brinkerhuff, Jacob	Brinkerhoff, Jacob	42
Bell, Gorg P.	Bell, George P.	51
Bogart, Jacob		56
Coe, Joel		7
Culver, Joseph		23
Culver, Daniel		28
Cumfort, Arnel	Comfort, Arnold	57
Clanton, James		18
Doty, Ruben	Doty, Reuben	59
Elliot, George		34
Inscribed notation under “E.”: “George Post a[c]count is on the 16 page”
Fansworth, Joseph	Farnsworth [?], Joseph	36
Fansworth, John	Farnsworth [?], John	37
Johnson, William		12
Jinnens, Seth	Jennings, Seth	33
Harring, Daniel		29
Hoagland, Jacob		38
Hoskins, Samuel		40
Hoagland, Christopher		45
Harris, Isaac		46
Hoagland, Garret		54
Huvve, _____	Hovey, Thomas	17
Harmond, Epherm	Harmon, Ephraim	7
Hamon, _____	Hammon, Stephen	14
Knox, Robert		31
Koden, Andrew		63
Lumnes, Limen	Loomis, Lyman	44
Prier, _____		5
Peterson, Garret C.		11
Puller, _____		19
Post, William		22
Peterson, Cornelius Jun'r.		27
Post, Teunis		30
Parsel, Isaac		33
Post, Gorge	Post, George	43
Peterson, Gorge	Peterson, George	13
Parsel, Michael		47
Peterson, Jerome		52
Post, William		32
Roraboc, John	Roraback, John	2
Squires, Jesse		3
Snap, Henry		10
Sharp, Andrew		12
Sharp, William		13
Strong, Elisha		17
Shaw, Danniel	Shaw, Daniel	5
Treat, Charles		16
Tomkins, William		41
Teneick, Coonrad	Ten Eyck, Coonrad	47
Wadams, Caleb		1
Wipple, Elijah	Whipple, Elijah	4
Wyckoff, Peter		6
Willcox, _____		18
Winters, Ebenezar	Winters, Ebenezer	21
Walker, Levi		24
Watson, John		35
Wadams, William		14
Voorhees, Abraham		8
Van Liew, Friderick	Van Liew, Frederick	9
Van Liew, Coonroad		14
Van Artsdal, Garret	Van Arsdale, Garret	15
Van Nest, Abraham		26
Voorhies, Abraham	Voorhees, Abraham	34
Voorhies, Luke	Voorhees, Lucas	31